Name
Frederick Anns
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
06/11/1915
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Bedfordshire Regiment
4th Bn., attached 2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY
III. C. 4.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Ashwell Village Memorial, St Mary’s Church Roll of Honour, Ashwell
Pre War
Frederick was the youngest son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Anns of Redlands, Ashwell.
He was educated at the City of London School. He went to Madras to take up an appointment there, but was back on leave at the outbreak of War and joined the Public Schools Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment.
Wartime Service
He was commissioned into the 4th Bedfordshire Regiment in February 1915 and went to France and then attached to the 2nd Bedfords on September 29th, 1915 and was killed in action with them on November 6th.
Additional Information
Son Of Thomas And Mary Anne Anns, Of "Brookville," Hale Lane, Edgware, Middlesex.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
